If You’re Not Paranoid, You’re Crazy
As government agencies and tech companies develop more and more intrusive means of watching and influencing people, how can we live free lives?

October 14, 2015 at 04:24AM
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Compulsive Texting Takes Toll on Teenagers
The study of more than 400 eighth and 11th graders found that many teenage texters had a lot in common with compulsive gamblers, including losing sleep because of texting, problems cutting back on texting and lying to cover up the amount of time they spent texting.

October 13, 2015 at 09:24PM
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5 Exciting Technologies NASA’s Developing So We Can Make It To Mars And Back
Last week, the agency released a report about its progress and plans for the #JourneyToMars. Though the report is mostly filled with optimism and abstract goals, it does outline a few of the awesome/important technologies that NASA hopes to develop in the coming decades.

October 13, 2015 at 05:11PM
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How A Creepy Robot Helps Children With Autism
Robokind is a Dallas-based startup building robots that could help change the lives of people with autism.

October 13, 2015 at 04:29PM
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A Brief History Of Digital Data In Filmmaking
Pour yourself a nice big cup of coffee, because this is gonna 20 minutes of uninterrupted learning — which might sound boring, but if you’re interested at all in making videos, knowing how memory, data or film encoding works is totally necessary.

October 13, 2015 at 04:29PM
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Her Code Got Humans on the Moon-And Invented Software Itself
Margaret Hamilton was just supposed to be supporting her husband’s career. Instead, she invented the modern concept of software and landed men on the moon.

October 13, 2015 at 03:46PM
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Apple’s standalone keyboard, trackpad, and mouse just got a lot better
The key change across the line is that they’re all switching from AA battery power to built-in batteries that charge over a Lightning cable.

October 13, 2015 at 10:37AM
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Guy Builds A Thor-Like Hammer That Only He Can Pick Up
Using the powers of the Norse gods (or electromagnetism and a fingerprint reader), this Mjolnir replica will only detach from a metal surface for its creator.

October 13, 2015 at 09:39AM
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Will emoji become a new language?
Emoji are already butting their heads with traditional words, but could they take over completely?

October 13, 2015 at 08:42AM
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Man Gets Bug Bounty for Glitch That Let Him Buy Google.com
Late last month, a former Google employee managed to buy the Google.com URL via Google Domains for $12.

October 13, 2015 at 08:42AM
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